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2 Sheets-Sheet 1. W. LEROHEN.

TRACE BUCKLE.

Patente'd Apr. 29, 1884.

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W. LERGHEN.

TRACE BUCKLE.

No. 297,818. Patented Apr. 29, 1884.

WITNESSES INVENTOR' I! ATTORNEYS UNITED STATES WILLIAM LEBGHEN, or

' PATENT ()FFICE.

LAKE CITY, COLORADO.

TRACE-BUCKLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 297,818, dated April 29, 1884-. Application filed January El, 1884. (X model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM LEROHEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lake City, in the county of Hinsdale and State of Colorado, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Trace-Buckles, of which the followingis a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying draw- -1ngs. y

This invention has relation to improvements in trace-buckles; and it consists in the novel construction and arrangement of the same, all as will be hereinafter more fullyexplained, and particularly pointed out in the 1 claim appended.

The annexed drawings, to which reference is made, fully illustrate my invention, in which Figure l represents a vertical sectional 26 view of my device applied to atrace. .Fig.

2 is a plan view of the same. Fig.3 is aside view of one portion of the buckle. Fig. 4 is a side view of the other portion, and Figs. 5

and 6 plan views of the same.

Referring by letter to the accompanying drawings, A designates the buckle, consisting of two portions, B and G. The portion B is composed of two side bars, a a, which are connected at each end by two cross-bars, b b; and 0 to the sides of said bars'a a are curved bars,

forming loops for the back-band and girth of the harness, as shown at c 0. These side bars are curved forwardly and upwardly, as at d d,

for a purpose hereinafter explained, and the rear cross-bar, b, is provided with a tongue,

e, arranged centrally on the outer portion thereof to engage one of the perforations in'the trace. The other portion, 0, of the buckle also consists of curved side bars f f, which are.

bar,h,serves to press upwardly against the un- 5 der side of the trace, and, in conjunction with the bar that carries the tongue, causes the I bars I) g to press downwardly upon the outer face of said trace, thus wedging the trace in the buckle when draft is applied thereto, thereby reducing, to a great extent, strain upon the tongue 6. The wedging movement of the buckle is accomplished by the two portions of the buckle operating upon one another in the following manner: The portion 0 is not as wide-as the portion B, and the former has a longitudinal play within the side bar h projects on each side of the side bars f f as shown at k k, which projections slide upon the upper-curved faces of the side bars a a of the part B, while the cross-bar b slides upon the upper or outer faces of the side bars f f of the part G, when each portion of the buckle is drawn in opposite directions by draft upon the trace.

It will be observed from the above description, and by reference to the annexed drawings,that the greater the strain upon the trace the tighter the parts B and G will wedge and firmly bind said trace, and will consequently take or reduce strain from the tongue. At

to and unbuckled from the parts, and it is durable and cheap tomanufacture.

presence of two witnesses. WILLIAM LERGHEN.

Witnesses J. W. BBOOKETT, THos. SHANLY.

bars of the latter portion B, and the round Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Pat- In testimony whereof I affiX my signature in the same time the trace can be quickly buckled 

